Rupture support



May 26, 1942- c. A. THURMOND 2,284,544

RUPTURE SUPPOR T Filed sept. s, 1940 2 sheets-,sheet 1 By l n Attorney May 26, 1942. c. A. THURMOND 2,284,544

RUPTURE S UPPORT Filed Sept. 3, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,as W

f- 60 ,e7/ d 7 J0 30 Inventor i 6%@ 7*/96 alrman/ 2 A torney Patented May 26, 1942 "l i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RUPTURE SUPPORT Charles A. Thurmond, Perry, Ga. Application September 3, 1940, Serial No. 355,229

(Cl. 12S- 115) 1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in rupture supports, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a superior and more practical arrangement of this character which affords more complete and comfortable support.

Other important objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from a reading of the following description taken in connection with the drawings, wherein for purposes of illustration I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a general front elevational View of the embodiment.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary rear elevational view of the pad and adjacent structure;

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional View taken through Figure 2 approximately on the line 3 3 and looking toward the right in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken through Figure 2 approximately on the line 4-4 and looking downwardly in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 5 is a rear perspective view of the pad.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 generally designates a suitable relatively wide waist belt which is cut 01T square at one end as indicated by the numeral 6 and has extending beyond this end two relatively narrow looped straps 'l and 8, respectively, which have adjusting buckles 9 and II), the loops being passed through receiving openings in snap fasteners II and I2, respectively, which are adapted to releasably engage snap buttons I3 and I4, respectively, which are vertically spaced above and below the center of a vertically elongated oval metal plate I5 which is secured by a screw or the like I 6 passing through its center to the approximate center of curvature of the upper part of the pad which is generally designated II. Between the front of the pad and the plate I5 is a segmentalshaped fabric or other similar material web I8 which is also traversed by the fastening means I 6 at a point adjacent its terminal end. The opposite end of the web I8 is sewed or otherwise suitably secured by sewing or the like to a buckle I9 which engages the remaining end of the waist belt 5, the buckle I9 being located with respect to a belt passing opening 2D in the web I8, and the terminal portion 2| of the web I8 being tubular to pass the end of the waist belt to the buckle I9.

Depending from the lower snap fastener button I4 is a metal connector 22 which has an opening to receive the loop 23 on the dependent leg strap 24 which is adapted to pass between the legs and be fastened to a rear part of the waist belt in a conventional manner. The leg strap 24 depends through a boot 25 which acts as a receptor for the smaller lower end 26 of the pad I'I.

The pad I 'I which may be formed of rubber or similar iiexible and compressible material is pear-shaped in outline and a major portion thereof is in the form of a :dat plate 21 which is bounded at its upper end by a crescent-shaped block 23. A beveled shoulder 29 extends along the lower edge of the block 28 from the right hand edge of the plate 2l to the approximate center of the crescent-shape block 23. From the right hand terminal of the beveled part 29 depends a uniform rectangular cross section extension 30 which depends to the lower edge 26 of the pad where it is beveled as indicated by the numeral 3 I.

The surface of the pad I'I shown in Figure 5 engages the abdomen of the wearer with the lower edge of the portion 28 resting along the pelvic bone, with the surface 29 covering the rupture. The portion 30 separates the lower from the higher part of the abdomen between the groin and the rupture. The portion 3| engages in the groin together with the lower end portion 26 of the pad. The surface 2'! rests against the abdomen over the pelvic bone.

It will be understood that in the case of a double rupture the structure described above may be altered to include another pad Il but having its portions 29, 38, and 3l reversed in position accordingly.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that I do not wish to limit the application of the invention thereto except as may be required by the scope of the subjoined claim.`

Having described the claimed as new is:

A pad for a rupture support, said pad consisting of a substantially pear-shaped plate of fiexible and compressible material formed on its working face with a substantially crescentshaped block at its upper end arranged to overlie the pelvic bone and a vertically elongated block depending from said crescent-shaped block along one lateral edge of said plate for engagement in the groin.

invention, what is CHARLES A. THURMOND. 

